First Car Stories

[DaSkinnyGuy]

When I turned 16 got a 1992 Firebird 3.1L handed down to me from my uncle and grandpa because he got a new car from graduating college.

[fbody396]

My first car was a used 1956 two door Chevy Belair. It had the stock 265 V-8 with a 4 barrel carb, power pack heads and 3 on the tree. I paid $225.00 for it in 1967. What would it be worth now? I drove the car to college and dated my wife in it. We were married in 1970 but my dad didn't think it would be reliable enough so he gave me a pristine '63 Chevy Biscane in trade for my '56. The kid my dad sold my '56 to never transferred the title. The police found my "X" car in a barn with a stolen 396 in it and came looking for me. Luckily my dad was able to explain the situation and keep me from going to jail. I hope the car was eventually restored and is on the show circuit today.

[mtnhopper1]

My very first car was a 1966 malibu "convertible" which was actually a hardtop with the roof cut off. My dad gave it to me when I was 14 so I would have something to do when I was hanging around his shop all summer. It had a 250 L6 and 3-speed manual. The PO who cut off the top also replaced the carpet with astroturf and punched drain holes in the floor.

The first car I had that I could actually drive (legally) was a 1971 camaro with a 350, 2bl, headers and straight exhaust. I paid $500 for it. It was black, with a vinyl top, and blue Z28 stripes painted all the way down to where the grille should've been. It had no wipers, no heat, and a cracked windshield. It was ugly, loud, slow, and was the only car I've ever had that I could drive through the mall parking lot without people walking out in front of the car.

I couldn't have been happier!

I'll post pics later.

[bad64chevelle]

Originally Posted by fbody396

My first car was a used 1956 two door Chevy Belair. It had the stock 265 V-8 with a 4 barrel carb, power pack heads and 3 on the tree. I paid $225.00 for it in 1967. What would it be worth now? I drove the car to college and dated my wife in it. We were married in 1970 but my dad didn't think it would be reliable enough so he gave me a pristine '63 Chevy Biscane in trade for my '56. The kid my dad sold my '56 to never transferred the title. The police found my "X" car in a barn with a stolen 396 in it and came looking for me. Luckily my dad was able to explain the situation and keep me from going to jail. I hope the car was eventually restored and is on the show circuit today.

and what happened with the Biscayne?

[fbody396]

"What happened to the Biscayne"? I'm digging down deep in my brain and all I remember is that I wrecked it on our honeymoon on the way back to Tallahassee. It got repaired and drove it back to FSU. I may have sold it back to my dad later on. My wife had a 1970 Toyota......BINGO......I remember now......I sold it to HER dad. Brain fart!!! I then purchased a 1968 HO Firebird with a 350/320 hp and a 4 speed. It was like the day it rolled off the showroom floor. I paid $2150 for it at a Ford Dealership. I loved that car.
Gas prices rose from 18 cents a gallon to 35 cents and the wife said we needed an economy car. I traded it in on a 1969 VW and only got $675 on trade. I never let her live that down and that's how I wound up with my '69 Camaro. I also miss our '70 Chevelle.

[Predator86]

Originally Posted by fbody396

Gas prices rose from 18 cents a gallon to 35 cents and the wife said we needed an economy car.

That being experienced how do u feel about todays gas prices

[fbody396]

I feel fortunate to have lived during some very cheap and simple times over my last 59 years. $ .18 a gallon was not cheap even in those days considering the minimum wage was only $1.25 per hour. I worked on a construction crew the summer of 1966 where a 40 hour week only gave me about $40.00 bring home. I thought I was rich. I make that in an hour now but i'd go back to 1966 in a heartbeat.
None of us like paying nearly $3.00 a gallon for gas. I really feel bad for the poor families that live on so little each week and spend most of that money on fuel costs so they can make a "living". Sadly it's only going to get worse. I'll keep paying the high price of HIGH TEST for my big block because i'm not real crazy about the idea of feeding it recycled corn oil from McDonald's.

[bad64chevelle]

Originally Posted by fbody396

I'll keep paying the high price of HIGH TEST for my big block because i'm not real crazy about the idea of feeding it recycled corn oil from McDonald's.

AMEN!

[Firebird67dude]

MY first car was a 1967 Firebird. Cool yellow color, had cam heads and the old school torker II single plained manifold on it. Refigured 3 spd trans and 3.55 posi rear. Bought her for $2500.

[JL8Jeff]

My first car was a 69 Camaro conv with a 6 cyl and Powerglide 2 speed automatic. My friends already had Mustangs so I had to get a Chevy to keep things balanced. I paid $2000 for it and drove it for a year before having Mercer County Vo-tech redo it for me. I was still in college and low on funds so that was a pretty good deal since all I had to pay for was the materials.

[Predator86]

Originally Posted by JL8Jeff

My friends already had Mustangs so I had to get a Chevy to keep things balanced.

i know how ya feel.....im one of the very few weights iin middlesex trying to even this ratio out

[jims69camaro]

Originally Posted by Teds89IROC

My first car was a 1992 Camaro RS 3.1L.

i almost bought that car...

[slasherbarb]

my first car was a 96 Beretta with a 3100 in it...that thing was awesome...i put a Flowmaster exhaust, K&N drop in, a bumpin' system...i remember my senior year when i first put the exhaust on, one kid that no one liked in an Integra kept talking ***** about his car was manual and lighter than my car...that day, we went on 23 and went from a 20 mph roll and i stomped him silly!! got the the car up to 108 till the governor kicked in...

[Little G]

1981 Chevy Malibu with 229ci V6, anyone who went to school with me would know it as the two-tone Bu.

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[nj96z28]

1985 camaro 2.8l mpi PoS, rust bucket from hell... paid $500 for it. me and my buddy wrecked his 85 iroc so i put the 305 /t400 in and the 16"ers. Met my 1st gf in that car, got my 1st ticket in that car, lost my cherry inthat car lol...list goes on ... anyway after about a year and 2 fuel pumps and an egr valve the tranny went and i still have teh tranny in my basement with all theguts sitting in a box.Car long gone the 305 got parted out to a ricer who had dreams of swapping inot a prelude... dont know if he ever did it!

[Predator86]

Originally Posted by nj96z28

the 305 got parted out to a ricer who had dreams of swapping inot a prelude... dont know if he ever did it!

wow

[79T/A]

My first car was my step-father's 1981 Toyota Corolla. It was a little two-door that he used to let me borrow. I'd take that poor car out on Friday and Saturday nights with my buddies and do all kinds of stupid teenaged driver stuff, like neutral drops, donuts in the parking lot, and hitting railroad crossings at speed. Then one day, my folks bought a new car and the Toyota was mine...and so were the bills to keep fixing it. The foolishness stopped, much to the chagrin of my buddies.

My first Camaro was a black '83 with the enemic carbureted 2.8 and craptacular metric 200 tranny. Drove that sucker daily until I tossed a rod. Had another 'maro that was a rusted-out '75 with faded red paint (Where there wasn't any rust) and a chewed-up black vinyl roof. Had a strong 350, though. I put on an Edelbrock Performer intake and a Holley 600 carb with vacuum secondaries and a manual choke and chrome valve covers...yeah, those babies made that car faster. Thought I was hot excrement with that car. In the middle of trying to restore it while in college on a few hundred bucks a week, I let it go. Ah, the memories. At least I replaced that one with another non-running project.

[chevyt454]

The car that got me hooked on Chevys was a '79 Monte Carlo

[bad64chevelle]

wow that looks alot like my buddies 81 Monte!

[SteveR]

First car was a 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 Ram Air IV. Bought it when I was 16 from a friend for $500. Spent a year working on it with parts I could find at swap meets, junkyards, and trusty Year One. Finally got it running and ran it for a while before eventually tinkering with it and throwing a blower on it. Raced it for a year before selling it to buy a numbers matching 1971 Super Bee to restore. It was my first of many F-Bodies and my first car. Mmm I need a new second gen now.

[Jersey_TA]

This brings back memories. My first car was a 1977 Trans Am that my brother took me to look at. Seems only fitting since I took him to look at my buddy's 1969 LeMans that he later bought. Anyways, I paid $1200 for it and drove it home that day. It ran fine, but needed some TLC. He also through in a set of T-Tops in the covers(the car was a hard top). I still have the T-tops in IL actually lol. After I got it registered me and my brother went out for a cruise...me in the 77 and him in the 69. We come to a stop sign out in the country the Ts into rt. 66. I plant the gas and crank the wheel making a right turn leaving a nice set of black marks. My brother follows suit and when we hit the 2 lane portion of 66 we both get on it and then cruise side by side doing 80(he told me later since my speed-o didn't work lol) Since then we have both gotten rid of our cars in favor for WS6s It will finally come full circle when I drive the T/A home next year and we go for a cruise in both WS6s(mine black and his NBM). We both have plans in the future to buy another classic.....hopefully they won't be $100,000 by then.